Suspect identified, charges pending after bomb threat at Walmart in Anderson County, South Carolina
CAROLYN, NIGEL ARE UP NEXT. WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE VOTERS. AND WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT APPROPRIATELY. ANDERSON COUNTY MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROPOSED SALES TAX TO HELP PAY FOR FIXING ROADS AND BRIDGES. COMING UP, THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY. UPSTATE VET CLINICS FACING RISK OF CLOSURE BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES. HOW THEY’RE HOPING A NEW GENERATION COULD HELP TURN THE TIDE. THE VACATION IS OVER. OUR INTENSE HEAT RETURNS BACK TO THE AREA, BUT THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHERE WE’RE GOING. I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN WE REACH 100 DEGREES. THE CLEMSON TIGERS TAKING ON ACC KICKOFF ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN CHARLOTTE. MY EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH COACH SWINNEY COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ANDERSON COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY HAZMAT WAS CALLED TO A BUSINESS IN PIEDMONT. YOU CAN SEE HERE. SKY FOUR IS LIVE OVER ELROD ROAD. OFFICIALS SAID A CHEMICAL SPILL WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES AS THIS STORY DEVELOPS. ALSO BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT SIX WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHILD WHO DIED FROM A BRAIN EATING AMOEBA. THE FAMILY’S ATTORNEY SAYS 12 YEAR OLD JASON CARR DIED LAST FRIDAY AFTER CONTRACTING THE INFECTION IN LAKE MURRAY. HE IS PICTURED HERE IN THE WHITE SHIRT. THE ATTORNEY RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART, QUOTE, THE FAMILY HAS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHY JASON DIED AND WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO ENSURE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN TO ANOTHER FAMILY. IT GOES ON TO THANK THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT PRISMA HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MIDLANDS. WE ARE TOLD THE ATTORNEY IS CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHILD’S DEATH. FOR THE FULL STATEMENT, YOU CAN VISIT WYFF4.COM. ANDERSON COUNTY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO HAVING A PROPOSED 1% SALES TAX ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY IT WILL HELP FIX THE COUNTY’S ROADS AND BRIDGES. HOWEVER, DURING A MEETING TODAY, PEOPLE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THEIR MONEY COULD HELP PAY FOR. OUR REY LLERENA IS LIVE IN ANDERSON COUNTY WITH MORE ON THIS. RAY. NIGEL CARROLL COUNTY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED SECOND READING OF THIS PROPOSED SALES TAX THAT THEY SAY COULD HELP PAY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO HELP PAY FOR FIXING THE COUNTY’S ROADS AND BRIDGES. THE MEETING TODAY WAS HELD IN DOWNTOWN ANDERSON AT AROUND NOON AND IF APPROVED BY VOTERS, THE PROPOSED TAX COULD ADD A PENNY FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN THE COUNTY EXCEPT ON UNPREPARED FOOD, SUCH AS PRODUCE, GAS, AND MEDICINE. COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TOMMY DUNN SAYS THE COUNTY’S ROAD BUDGET IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. HE SAYS IT COSTS ABOUT $1 MILLION TO PAVE ONE MILE OF ROAD. DUNN REITERATED THAT IT’S THE VOTERS WHO HAVE THE FINAL SAY. LET’S GO TO THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, AN ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER. BUT THIS HAS THREE READINGS. WE HAD A SECOND READING. WE GOT ONE MORE READING. AND LIKE I SAID, EVEN THAT ALL WE’RE DOING IS PUTTING ON THE BALLOT FOR THE PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS. BEFORE THE VOTE, PEOPLE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THE PROPOSED TAX COULD PAY FOR AND HOW THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT. COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THE MONEY COULD ONLY BE USED TO PAY FOR PROJECTS ON A LIST APPROVED BY A COMMISSION, AND ABOUT 35% OF THE FUNDS COULD COME FROM PEOPLE VISITING. THE DEADLINE TO GET THIS PROPOSAL ONTO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IS AUGUST 15TH. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED BY THIS PROPOSED TAX, WE WILL HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE THAT’S WYFF4.COM DOT COM. REPORTING LIVE IN ANDERSON COUNTY. REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR. TURNING TO WEATHER NOW. A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM. YOU COULD REALLY TELL THAT IT WAS A LITTLE LESS HUMID TODAY. YEAH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS THERE. SOME THICK CLOUDS ROLLING IN. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS JOINS US WITH THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. AND, CHRIS, MORE HEAT ON THE WAY. MORE HEAT. AND YOU CAN SEE IT ARRIVING RIGHT NOW. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS YOU SAW OFF IN THE DISTANCE ARE LOOKING. ACROSS PORTMAN MARINA TOWARD THE SOUTH INTO GEORGIA. YOU CAN SEE THAT STORM ROLLING IN RIGHT THERE. THIS AS THE MUGGY AIR RETURNS. YEAH, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A NICE BREAK FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. WELL, THAT IS CHANGING MINUTE BY MINUTE HERE AS A SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE BRINGING IN HIGHER HUMIDITY RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE AREA, YOU CAN SEE THOSE STORMS OFF IN THE DISTANCE LIKE WE DID ON OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM PARIS MOUNTAIN SAME STORY. NOT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO GET WET THIS EVENING, BUT THOSE OF US THAT DO COUNT YOURSELF LUCKY BECAUSE OUR CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AS OUR TEMPERATURE GOES UP. WE’RE IN THE LOW 90S RIGHT NOW, FEELING MORE LIKE THE MID 90S, BUT THIS HEAT WAVE ROLLING OUR WAY THIS WEEK IS GOING TO SEND US UP INTO SOME RECORD BREAKING AND DANGEROUS TERRITORY. I KNOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE HOT IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT THIS TYPE OF LEVEL THAT WE’RE EXPECTING IS GOING TO BE BRUTAL. IN FACT, WE’RE ALREADY BREAKING RECORDS RIGHT NOW. I’LL SHOW YOU WHY THIS MAY MAKE US GO INTO THE HOTTEST SUMMER WE’VE EVER HAD AT GSB. ALL IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. CHRIS. IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, A MAN WHO WAS STANDING NAKED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE 85 IS DEAD AFTER BEING HIT. TROOPERS SAY IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 3:00, NEAR MILE MARKER 95. THEY SAY THE MAN WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAS HIT BY AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE. THAT VEHICLE LEFT THE SCENE. THE CORONER IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS ERIC SMITH, A GREENVILLE NAIL SALON WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE THURSDAY MORNING. VENETIAN NAILS SHARED THIS VIDEO, WHICH SHOWS THE INSIDE OF THE SALON AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. IT’S LOCATED OFF OF AUGUSTA STREET. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO FIRE OFFICIALS FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE. SOME EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINICS HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS ACROSS THE UPSTATE BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES, BUT HOPE COULD BE ON THE HORIZON WITH A NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS PURSUING THE PROFESSION. OUR CAITLIN ASHBAUGH JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN. CAITLIN, ASPIRING VETS HAVE A FEW CHOICES. THEY CAN PURSUE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE WITH THE HELP OF REDUCED TUITION OUT OF STATE. OR THEY CAN OPT FOR A VET TECH DEGREE IN STATE. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA CURRENTLY DOESN’T HAVE ITS OWN FOUR YEAR VETERINARY PROGRAM IN THE UPSTATE. EMERGENCY CLINIC DOORS ARE CLOSING DUE TO THE LACK OF PROVIDERS TOUGH COMPETITION, LIMITED SCHOOL ACCESS POINTS OR HIGH DEBT ARE TURNING STUDENTS AWAY. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLAIMS A THIRD OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES HAVE LESS THAN FIVE VETS, AND 48% OF THE STATE’S COUNTIES HAVE FEWER THAN TEN. THE APPLICANTS ARE THERE, BUT BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 STUDENTS AREN’T ADMITTED BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITY AT EXISTING PROGRAMS. I DON’T THINK IT’S HARD TO ATTRACT STUDENTS INTO VETERINARY MEDICINE. THERE’S LOTS OF APPLICANTS. I THINK IT’S HARD TO STAY IN VETERINARY MEDICINE. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS BUILDING A SIX BUILDING FACILITY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CAMPUS. THEY’RE HOPEFUL WHEN IT BRINGS IN ITS FIRST 80 STUDENT CLASS IN FALL OF 2026. IT WILL BEGIN THE LONG PROCESS OF RELIEVING STAFFING SHORTAGES FOR ANIMAL MEDICINE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS THE NATION. IT WILL BE THE FIRST AND ONLY VET SCHOOL OF ITS KIND IN THE PALMETTO STATE. REPORTIN
Suspect identified, charges pending after bomb threat at Walmart in Anderson County, South Carolina
Updated: 10:01 PM EDT Jul 24, 2025
A suspect has been identified and charges are pending after a bomb threat was made toward a Walmart in Anderson County, South Carolina, on Thursday. Chief James Stewart of the Anderson City Police Department said officers received a report of a bomb threat at the Walmart on the Highway 28 Bypass around 6:45 p.m.As a precaution, Anderson police evacuated the Walmart. APD called in the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and bomb squad to assist.Around 8:20 p.m., Walmart reopened to the public.Around 9:50 p.m., police said the suspect was identified and charges are pending. No arrest has been made.According to a police report, the incident is being described as obscene/harassing phone calls. The bomb threat stemmed from a civil disturbance.Officers additionally said that there was no danger to the public. No further information has been released.
ANDERSON, S.C. —
A suspect has been identified and charges are pending after a bomb threat was made toward a Walmart in Anderson County, South Carolina, on Thursday.
Chief James Stewart of the Anderson City Police Department said officers received a report of a bomb threat at the Walmart on the Highway 28 Bypass around 6:45 p.m.
As a precaution, Anderson police evacuated the Walmart. APD called in the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and bomb squad to assist.
Around 8:20 p.m., Walmart reopened to the public.
Around 9:50 p.m., police said the suspect was identified and charges are pending. No arrest has been made.
According to a police report, the incident is being described as obscene/harassing phone calls. The bomb threat stemmed from a civil disturbance.
Officers additionally said that there was no danger to the public.
No further information has been released.